The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-06-14
A TRAP FOR YOUNG GIRLS.
A Divinity Student Exposes an
Alleged Den Known as an
Employment Agency.

New York, June 6.-How Josephine
Ehrenreich was sold to an alleged improp
er house in Jersey City, and the manner oil
her escape after being there seven hours
were told by Josephine herself at the
Tombs Saturday. She is seventeen years
of age. She has large black eyes, is small
Of stature, and has a very pretty face.
She is mere child in appearance, and the
innocent way in which she told her story
convinced her hearers that she was speak
ing the truth. She is native of Pesth,
Poland, and, coming to this country three
years ago, went to live with a relative In
Portland, Me. She remained there year,
when she obtained employment as a do
mestic with family in Brooklyn. The
family went to the country a month ago
and Josephine was thrown out of employ
ment. She knew an acquaintance from her
native country who lived at No. First
street, this city, and there she went to live
while looking for other work. On May
is she went to an intelligence Office at No.
16S Third avenue. The proprietress,
Dorothea Horn, said that she could pro.
vide her with a nice situation, and two
days later Mrs. Staubsahm, who, it is al
legged. keeps a disreputable house in Jer-
sey City, came into the Office and engaged
Josephine as a domestic.
They crossed the river by the Christie
pher street ferry, and after they had
walked many blocks they stopped at a
house, which the girl thought was in
Lewis street. In font was the sign "Steub-
sahm's Hotel" They entered and Jose
phine saw young girls wearing low-necked
dresses and short skirts in the room. She
attempted to leave at once but the woman
who had brought her there stopped her
and offered her glass of wine. Josephine
didn't want to drink it, but it was poured
down her throat, and then she
sank helplessly into a chair. The wine
was drugged. She could see and hear
plainly what was going on around her, she
says, but she was unable to speak. Every
one left the room, and thus she sat for an
hour, when a man entered. He offered
hef improper attentions and finally showed
her $50 bill. Finding that that didn't
tempt her, he left the room. AT 10 o'clock
that night Josephine saw the hall door
open and ran out of the house. She had
% cents in her pocket, and this brought
her back to the city and she slept In the
house of her friend on First street. The
next morning she returned to the intelli-
gence Office on Third avenue and ubpraid-
ed Mrs. Horn for what she had done. Mrs.
Horn, Josephine says, told her that she
should have remained, as she would have
got plenty of nice dresses TO wear and all
the money she wanted. GAIL the money
in the world could not make me stay in
that house." replied Josephine.
Employed in the intelligence Office was a
young theological student named c. H.
Reinsberg. He had studied for the minis
try, but not having means to complete his
education, took the position as clerk at 81
a week. The first day he was in the house
he was told by Mrs. Horn that for every
girl he would bring to disreputable house
she would give him from IS to $40. By
the advice of Rev. Father Dooley, of the
Broome street Tabernacle, he stayed in
the Office and watched. When he heard
Josephine's story he made complaint to
Supt. Murray. Detectives Collins and
Lewis were placed on the case. Josephine
was found in the Deborah Nursery, at No.
109 East Broadway, where she had obtained
as a domestic. She made an
affidavit and Mrs. Horn was arrested yes
terday. She was held in $1,000 bail for